Should local communities have the right to know before a big tech company moves in? Should they be able to protest before city planners offer those companies millions or even billions of dollars in incentives? Those were the questions raised when Amazon was promised $1.2 billion in subsidies to bring a new headquarters to New York City, and we’re asking them again today — because The Washington Post reports that Google has been using secret shell companies to nab millions in tax breaks as it expands its data centers and offices across the US.
The Post’s investigation starts with a doozy: Google reportedly hid behind the names “Sharka LLC” to win $10 million in tax breaks for a new data center in Midlothian, Texas, by signing both its…
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